Your metabolism and health

I'm sure you've heard it "if you want to lose weight, eat small meals more frequently" WHY? well, apparently it helps your metabolism. If you go long periods of time without food, your body slows it's metabolism so that it does not burn through your energy too quickly.

It's like when you have a budget for your paycheck. Your paycheck comes every 2 weeks and you know that if you spend all your money the first day, you are going to be hurting for the next 13... so you slow down on the spending so as to conserve your money until you get more.

Metabolism is like that. So why eat frequently? You tell your body not to worry about using the energy because there will be more really soon so "party like a rock star Mr. Metabolism, we're RICH!"

There's another catch. When you are eating these frequent meals, DON"T MAKE IT DONUTS! LOL. Choose things like fruit, veggies, whole grains, lean meats..... your body can use that! Donuts? not so much.

It's like your boss giving you a peice of paper every day telling you what you've earned that day. Good to know but you can't buy groceries with it. Your body needs a REAL paycheck, you know?

Another thing about eating many meals a day...you get hungry more often too. Your body starts thinking about food all the time because it hasn't been storing it, it's waiting for you to give it more so it's excited that you are giving it some food and causes you to crave it more.  You don't want to disappoint the little fellah, give 'em something GOOD!

So, I'm thinking, how's my spiritual metabolism? A Passion for serving God requires a full and strong spirit. If you want to get out of life what God has planned for you, you need to be in training, that means speaking to him and hearing from him. Spiritual Metabolism is how your spirit uses prayer! Good stuff in, Good stuff out!  Are you giving your spirit one or two big meals a day or 5-6 small meals a day?

1 Thessalonians 5:17 says "Pray Continually"

Ephesians 6:18 says " and pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for al the saints"

As our spiritual metabolism gets stronger, it gets easier to pray, just as with our body metabolism it becomes easier to eat. Just as we need to watch what we put in our body so that our body learns what to crave, so we should invest in our prayer time so that our spirit will know how to pray, like on auto pilot to the big guy! When your body is working on a healthy metabolism, it is more efficient with the use of the food supply, so is your spirit when you are in constant conversation with the Lord!

Roman 8:26 says " ...the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."

Be strong my friends, eat strong, pray strong, live strong........and my prayer for you?

3 John 1:2 says "Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may bo well with you,  even as your soul is getting well along."